Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
6,628 
4,438 
639 
1,551 
3,659 
2,969 
acres 
712,740 
194,241 
372,969 
145,530 
355,203 
357,537 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
724 
428 
92 
204 
350 
374 
acres 
96,021 
17,525 
58,189 
20,307 
57,413 
38,608 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,685 
3,879 
529 
1,277 
3,289 
2,396 
acres 
341,686 
120,039 
161,512 
60,135 
186,683 
155,003 
Partnership 
farms 
446 
285 
39 
122 
147 
299 
acres 
156,276 
72,469 
67,220 
16,587 
37,217 
119,059 
Registered under state law 
farms 
397 
247 
35 
115 
129 
268 
acres 
153,087 
70,389 
66,305 
16,393 
35,537 
117,550 
Corporation 
farms 
637 
308 
101 
228 
274 
363 
acres 
444,840 
60,314 
271,431 
113,095 
253,035 
191,805 
Family held 
farms 
485 
241 
89 
155 
188 
297 
acres 
336,338 
51,792 
221,968 
62,578 
172,177 
164,161 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
19 
3 
6 
10 
6 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
466 
238 
83 
145 
182 
284 
Other than family held 
farms 
152 
67 
12 
73 
86 
66 
acres 
108,502 
8,522 
49,463 
50,517 
80,858 
27,644 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
19 
5 
5 
9 
7 
12 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
133 
62 
7 
64 
79 
54 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
232 
164 
17 
51 
126 
106 
acres 
186,515 
12,637 
162,513 
11,365 
174,999 
11,516 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,977 
1,088 
280 
609 
1,006 
971 
workers 
12,492 
5,501 
2,833 
4,158 
5,545 
6,947 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,011 
495 
186 
330 
480 
531 
workers 
6,698 
2,791 
1,921 
1,986 
3,045 
3,653 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,380 
766 
176 
438 
706 
674 
workers 
5,794 
2,710 
912 
2,172 
2,500 
3,294 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
63 
34 
7 
22 
22 
41 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
51 
24 
6 
21 
27 
24 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
3,518 
2,375 
353 
790 
1,636 
1,882 
workers 
8,613 
5,407 
1,090 
2,116 
3,610 
5,003 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,412 
3,312 
167 
933 
2,517 
1,895 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,752 
1,007 
253 
492 
871 
881 
50 to 69 acres 
164 
90 
40 
34 
99 
65 
70 to 99 acres 
123 
60 
29 
34 
55 
68 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
120 
51 
27 
42 
71 
49 
140 to 179 acres 
73 
31 
31 
11 
42 
31 
180 to 219 acres 
46 
15 
22 
9 
21 
25 
220 to 259 acres 
27 
12 
5 
10 
16 
11 
260 to 499 acres 
99 
21 
32 
46 
51 
48 
500 to 999 acres 
57 
14 
16 
27 
29 
28 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
48 
8 
21 
19 
23 
25 
2,000 acres or more 
79 
15 
43 
21 
41 
38 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
12 
2 
5 
5 
5 
7 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
744 
378 
80 
286 
399 
345 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
2,976 
2,154 
163 
659 
1,596 
1,380 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,241 
894 
91 
256 
711 
530 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
359 
181 
50 
128 
197 
162 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
359 
181 
50 
128 
197 
162 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
976 
569 
217 
190 
549 
427 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
9 
2 
1 
6 
7 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
91 
64 
4 
23 
56 
35 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
97 
72 
9 
16 
57 
40 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
238 
180 
26 
32 
123 
115 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
257 
140 
40 
77 
136 
121 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,314 
792 
267 
255 
680 
634 
number 
133,957 
14,543 
92,994 
26,420 
72,402 
61,555 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
652 
506 
64 
82 
326 
326 
10 to 49 
411 
234 
91 
86 
219 
192 
50 to 99 
97 
30 
33 
34 
57 
40 
100 to 199 
57 
14 
20 
23 
34 
23 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
204 Hawaii 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
